empire wars

Chapter 99
There were footsteps outside the door, and Qin Yuan looked up.

Two people walked side by side, one was an elegant middle-aged man wearing a white cloud-patterned shirt.

A majestic and handsome man in a gorgeous robe.

The handsome man nodded towards Gongsun Chi, and when he saw Qin Yuan, he frowned imperceptibly.

"Let me introduce to you, this is Yuan Zi, Mu Yuanzi of Jizhou Prefecture in Hedong. Now he should be the General of Suppressing Chaos, the Marquis of Liang County."

Gongsun Chi stood up to greet him, and at the same time introduced his handsome identity, then bowed his hands towards the elegant middle-aged man. "This is Zhao Shangqian, Lord Shepherd of Shanhai Qingzhou, the head of the Zhao clan."

The two state shepherds were indeed big figures of the same level as Gongsun Chi, and Qin Yuan was secretly startled.

After Gongsun Chi finished speaking, he introduced Qin Yuan's identity.

When they heard Qin Yuan's identity as the prefect of Wuwei, the two did not change their expressions, but when they heard that Qin Yuan had [-] Northern Qiang cavalry under his command, their eyes moved slightly, and they looked at Qin Yuan again.

"The conversation tonight is of great importance. If we are not careful, we will be doomed forever."

Yuan Zi looked at Gongsun Chi.

Qin Yuan's status was a little lower than theirs. Of course, for Gongsun Chi's sake, he didn't mean it.

In the entire Liehan Dynasty, apart from the high officials of the Luodu court, the prefects and herdsmen of each prefecture were the most powerful, and the real feudal officials were equivalent to the emperors of the prefectures.

As for those at the prefect level, they are two levels behind in administrative level, and several levels behind in terms of real strength.

In Youjiang City today, there are only three of them at the state shepherd level.

Gongsun Chi, Yuan Zi, Zhao Shangqian.

As for the prefect or the third- and fourth-rank generals, there are 20 people if there are no thirty.

In front of a big official in front of the frontier, it is really not enough to look at.

"I forgot to mention, we, the prefect of Wuwei, have recruited a new army of 50. Who of you can do this?"

Gongsun Chi said with a smile.

50 million!
Yuan Zi and Zhao Shangqian squinted their eyes at the same time. They even had troops from various counties and counties under their command. The total number is probably only this amount. After all, not everyone has been operating in Nanjiang Jingzhou for decades like Nanjing King.

Among them, Yuan Zi and Zhao Shangqian have only been the shepherds of the state for a few years, and the longest is Gongsun Chi, who has been in business for more than ten years after recovering Youzhou in Beiyuan.

Each state has a population of at least tens of millions, and the least is more than 1000 million. It is not a problem to recruit 50 soldiers. After all, as long as men of the right age can be recruited as soldiers.

However, the materials needed are sky-high prices. Soldiers can't go to the battlefield with fire sticks.

A complete set of equipment needs at least ten taels of silver. If it is an excellent level of equipment, it may cost several times.

In addition, soldiers are not recruited once and for all, and they need to consume a lot of resources every day, the most important of which is food and grass.

As far as they know, Xiyong Liangzhou is not a rich place, how could there be so much food and grass to supply soldiers.

If it is militaristic, it is fishing in a dry marsh, not a long-term solution, and it will perish sooner or later.

"How is this possible?" Yuan Zi stared at Gongsun Chi, as if waiting for him to say that he was joking just now.

"Ahem, you two don't know yet, the fairy rice that is famous in the land of Shenzhou comes from a chamber of commerce in Wuwei County."

Gongsun Chi said, "To be honest, the first time I ate Immortal Rice, it was the best in the world. The delicious taste spread on the tip of the tongue will never be forgotten for a long time."

"Fairy rice!"

Yuan Zi looked at Qin Yuan with surprise and shock, and at the same time, there was some strange light.

No wonder, no wonder 50 new troops can be recruited, just because of the transactions of immortal rice in various states and counties, even a million troops can supply it.

In particular, the Fairy Rice's requirement to exchange rice for grain attracted a large amount of grain.

The same is true in Zhongchu and Jizhou. Although Yuan Zi reacted in time and stopped this behavior and restricted the transaction of fairy rice, secretly, many families maintained close transactions with the Gu Family Chamber of Commerce.

"General Qin deserves to be a young talent. Let's have in-depth exchanges when we have time."

Zhao Shangqian looked at Qin Yuan with aggression in his eyes, just like staring at a little fat sheep.

Qin Yuan chuckled, and at the same time felt a little more vigilant.

The recruitment of 50 new recruits is hard to hide, especially since only two counties are recruited, which is more than the strength of a large state. Anyone who is interested will only need to inquire and collect information to know.

But he never told Gongsun Chi about the fairy rice.

However, Gongsun Chi seems to know this very well. I don't know if he knew it before, or he just collected it when he entered the city.

If after he entered Youjiang City, Gongsun Chi sent people to investigate his intelligence, and if he knew that Shenxianmi was behind the scenes, then this intelligence system would be a little scary.

No wonder Gongsun Chi values ​​himself so much. The army is hard power, while logistical resources are soft power. Both are indispensable.

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Seeing that both of them approved of Qin Yuan, Gongsun Chi said aloud.

Telling Qin Yuan's strength is also to increase Qin Yuan's identity capital, otherwise, they are not at the same level.

"The topic of discussion tonight is related to King Nanjing and the Heavenly Dao Army. It is classified as the top secret. It is too late to withdraw now."

Yuan Zi said seriously.

Gongsun Chi and Yuan Zi listened quietly.

Qin Yuan nodded slightly, but he didn't intend to leave.

"Tiandaozong has a legend that there is an ancient formation called the Great Formation of Refining Heaven and Earth."

Yuan Zi was talking about the Tiandao Sect, not the Tiandao Army. Qin Yuan listened quietly.

"We all know that Tiandaozong has 36 heavenly stars and 72 earthly stars, all of whom are warriors of the acquired realm. According to the records of Tiandaozong, thousands of years ago, no matter whether the heavenly stars or the earth stars, they were all warriors of the innate realm."

"Due to various reasons, cultivation has become more and more difficult, and there are fewer and fewer innate warriors. To this day, most of them are trapped in the realm of acquired heaven."

"As for the Great Formation of Refining Heaven and Earth, it is said that it can absorb the aura of heaven and earth, so that people can be reborn and break through the innate realm."

Yuan Zi said seriously.

Everyone heard that, their faces were dignified. Today's Tiandaozong is so strong. If the 36 heavenly stars and 72 earth stars have become innate realms, then in the whole world, who can be the enemy?

One or two innate warriors may not be able to decide the outcome of a large-scale battle, nor can they threaten the rise and fall of the dynasty.

But what about ten innate warriors?What about a hundred innate warriors?

One person is enough to destroy an army, and if a hundred innate warriors fight, no matter how many soldiers come, it will be useless.

Only with the same high-end combat power can it match it.

Gollum.

Qin Yuan swallowed. "Could it be that Tiandaozong has a way to open the ancient formation?"

"I have read some records that the Great Formation of Refining Heaven and Earth was once destroyed, and it has not been opened for thousands of years. If not, Tiandaozong would have been invincible long ago."

Zhao Shangqian said.

"The Great Formation of Refining Heaven and Earth has indeed been severely damaged and is incomplete, but that doesn't mean it can't be opened, it's just that the conditions are very harsh."

Speaking of this, Yuan Zi's face became very gloomy.

"What conditions."

Qin Yuan's eyes glowed with a strange light, as if he had caught something.

Tiandaozong arrested strong men in Xiping County, and the battle launched by King Nanjing was like the Yiyou battlefield of purgatory, spreading all over the battlefield in Yidu
"The right time, the right place, the harmony of people, the right time is what Tiandaozong is best at, hiding the secrets and creating conditions. The right place is the environment for refining the large formation. One main formation eye and one hundred and eight formation eyes. Now the formation method It has been accomplished, and this condition has naturally been fulfilled.”

"Finally, to open the large formation, a large amount of heaven and earth spirit energy is required, but nowadays there are very few innate warriors, so it is difficult to use the power of innate warriors to communicate with the heaven and earth to open it, so..."

"So, a large number of soldiers' lives are sacrificed to provide enough energy and blood to open the refining formation of heaven and earth?" Qin Yuan thought of the militiamen who were forcibly recruited by the Tiandao Army. Sure enough, these people were not only used as cannon fodder. They were even used as sacrifices.

Yuan Zi looked at Qin Yuan in surprise and nodded. "Use the blood as a sacrifice to open the big formation. According to what I said, the big formation has already been opened, and the time is the day when King Nanjing attacked Yidu City and laid down more than a hundred thousand corpses."

"No, isn't their plan a success? There is no vision of someone breaking through the innate realm."

Gongsun said in a cold voice.

Breaking through the innate realm, the representative symbol is the power to communicate with the heaven and the earth, it needs to resonate with the heaven and the earth, the movement is so great that it cannot be concealed at all.

"That's why I said that this is an incomplete formation with many flaws."

Yuan Zi said. "The formation is only preliminary. If you want to complete it completely, based on the information I currently have, at least 100 million or more life energy will be needed."

100 million life energy represents the lives of 100 million people.

Just for the initial opening, a big battle needs to break out, and more than 100 soldiers will be sacrificed. Then, is [-] million lives enough for the real opening of the refining world formation?
In the past, it was called refining the power of heaven and earth, and it was called the Great Formation of Refining Heaven and Earth. Now, refining Qi and blood, condensing life energy, should be called the Great Formation of Refining Qi and Blood.

"The refining formation has a total of [-] formation eyes. Once completed, a large amount of energy will emerge from the formation eyes, helping the people in the formation to improve their strength, allowing an acquired height and above martial artist to easily break through the innate realm .”

"Currently, I have found that there are several places that are very similar to the formation eyes of the refining formation, but they are occupied by the Tiandao army, so it is impossible to find out whether they are true or false."

Yuan Zi told the information one by one.

The formation of refining heaven and earth must be a conspiracy of Tiandao Sect. King Nanjing is definitely an insider and cooperates with it, otherwise he would not summon all the heroes from the world to Yidu County.

"The completion of the refining formation requires time in addition to blood energy. Taking nine days as a week, the minimum standard is 36 days. It will take at least 21 days from the completion of the refining formation, but the longer the formation , which means that the more powerful the energy, the more powerful the martial artist created will be."

Yuan Zi said, "We must prevent them from breaking through. Even if Tiandaozong cannot achieve one hundred and eight innates at once, a dozen or so is the least. In addition, the strength of other people will also be greatly improved."

Today, besides the King of Nanjing, there are two Houtian Ninth Layer people, three Houtian Eighth Layer people, and five Houtian Seventh Layer people.

On the side of the Tiandao Army, there are three people who are at the ninth level of the day after tomorrow, five who are at the eighth level of the day after tomorrow, and ten who are at the seventh level of the day after tomorrow.

As for how many more are hidden, no one knows.

Once these people are promoted by the Great Formation of Refining Heaven and Earth, they may all be promoted to the innate realm.

At that time, I am afraid that all the high-end strategies in China will be exhausted, and they will not be able to match it.

(End of this chapter)